Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

Academic Stressors and Anxienty in Children : The Role of Patental Support

Dr. Ritu Bala

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 In our society academic achievement is considered as a key criterion to judge ones total potentialities and capacities. Hence academic achievement occupies a very important place in education as well as in the family. In todays scenario, high academic achievement is the way to get social prestige. If a child fails to achieve academically, parents will be criticized for not monitoring their children properly, and children will be condemned for not fulfilling their filial duty. Due to this children are over burdened and that will lead them to academic stress and anxiety Stress and anxiety are the two sides of a same coin and child is a coin. The role of parents is to demolish the effect of stress and anxiety on the coin. Children are safe and secure under the canopy of care and protection of their parents. This article indicates that heightened student anxiety levels and parental emotional support was a protective factor that contributed to better mental health among children. Keywords: Parental support. Academic stress. Student stress. Anxiety and coping

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Dr. Ritu Bala Academic Stressors and Anxienty in Children : The Role of Patental Support Global Journal For Research Analysis,Volume : 5 | Issue : 9 | September 2016


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